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Infraorder Nepomorpha - Aquatic Bugs

Creeping Water Bugs · Corixoidea · Nepoidea · Notonectoidea · Ochteroidea

Family Naucoridae - Creeping Water Bugs
Creeping Water Bug - Pelocoris femoratus Ambrysus lunatus Usinger - Ambrysus lunatus Moapa Warm Springs Naucorid - Limnocoris moapensis Pelocoris femoratus Creeping Water Bug - Pelocoris femoratus Ambrysus buenoi - male Ambrysus thermarum - female Ambrysus thermarum - female

Superfamily Corixoidea
California Back*swimmer 'upside down'. Wrong! - Graptocorixa Cymatia americana (Hussey) - Cymatia americana What is it? - Sigara Trichocorixa Water boatman ( Corixidae) Sigara alternata - male Corisella decolor (Uhler) - Corisella decolor - female Sigara vandykei (Hungerford) - Sigara vandykei - male

Superfamily Nepoidea
Giant Water Bug - Belostoma Eastern toe biter or giant water bug? - Lethocerus americanus Giant Water Bug sp. - Belostoma Lethocerus medius? - Lethocerus medius Ranatra drakei Ranatra Giant Water Bug - Belostoma flumineum Belostoma lutarium - Belostoma

Superfamily Notonectoidea
-_ - Buenoa lady beetle on backswimmer - Notonecta Backswimmer - Notonecta undulata Pygmy Backswimmer Pleidae - Neoplea Pygmy backswimmer - Neoplea Backswimmer - Notonecta irrorata 6.2 mm backswimmer nymph - Notonecta backswimmer - Notonecta irrorata

Superfamily Ochteroidea
Gelastocorid - Gelastocoris oculatus Big-Eyed Toad Bug - Gelastocoris oculatus Unknown - Nerthra fuscipes Toad Bug: Galastocoridae - Nerthra sp ? - Nerthra stygica Velvety Shore Bug - Ochterus banksi


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